Blood Mountain Falls is a waterfall on Blood Mountain Creek in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in the Blue Ridge region, with a total height of about 60 feet. It lies about 13.1 miles north of Dahlonega and roughly 48.6 miles northeast of Alpharetta as the crow flies.
At 60 feet it is taller than the typical Georgia waterfall of about 44.5 feet, ranking 22nd of 80 with a recorded height. The tallest single drop is 30 feet. It falls in 3 drops.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls. Blood Mountain Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Blood Mountain Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 36 recorded waterfalls in Lumpkin County. Frogface Falls, is under a mile away. Unnamed waterfall on Dicks Creek, is under a mile away. Upper Blood Mountain Falls, a horsetail waterfall, is about 1.1 miles away.
Blood Mountain Falls is located at 34.7192° N, 83.9486° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.